Fine Print: Abstraction (Tension). Zurich, Switzerland, circa 1941 Paris The picture appeared on the

The picture appeared on the front page of the Financial Times and Le Monde

consumption and communication have occupied him for much of his career

a little girl holds skulls over her eyes during the Day of the Dead

Chick Corea (keyboards)

In an unusually intimate portrait

Fine Print: Abstraction (Tension). Zurich, Switzerland, circa 1941 Paris The picture appeared on theWerner Bischof set up his studio near the end of the thirties in a suburb of Zurich. After 1939, Switzerland had become an island of liberalism surrounded by a sea of fascism. Treating it as his ivory tower, Bischof devoted himself to his work as a studio photographer and portraitist, perfecting his photographic technique and training himself to be a master of seeing. Patience, care and precision were cultivated, and, as a result, a highly poetic